Punching-bag



(No Model.)

' .E. A. HAWTHORNE 8: H. SHEBLE.

PUNGHING BAG. No. 565,747; Patented Aug. 11, 1896.

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UNITED TATEs ATENT OFFICE.

ELLSI/VORTH A. HAWTHORNE, OF PHILADELPHIA, AND HORACE SHElBLE,

, OF MELROSE, PENNSYLVANIA.

PUNCHlNG-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,747, .dated August11, 1896.

Application filed December 14., 1895. Serial No. 572,379. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ELLSWORTH A. H-AW- THORNE, residing atPhiladelphia, and HOR- ACE SHEBLE, residing at Melrosc, Montgomerycounty, Pennsylvania, citizens of the United States, have inventedcertain Improvements in Punching-Bags, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention consists of certain improvements in a punching-bag of thecharacter set forth in MacLearns patents, Nos. 547, 730 and 547,731,dated October 8, 1895, one object of our present invention being toprovide a more acceptable means of securing the bag to the vertical rodor standard than is set forth in either of said patents, and a furtherobject being to prevent rupture of the elastic inner casing of the bag,which is likely to occur from the delivery of a side or glancing blow.These objects we attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective View of a punching-bag and part of the support therefor constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of thesame, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a modified formof bag, illustrating the application of one feature of our inventionthereto; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a modification ofthe construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The punching-bag forming the subject of the above-recited patents ofMacLearn consisted of a bag of rubber or other elastic material inclosedwithin a protecting outer casing, usually of leather, the whole beingmounted upon and secured to the, upper end of a rod or standard having auniversally flexible and elastic support at the base, so that the bagwhen struck would be free to yield in any direction. It has been foundin practice that when the bag is securely mounted upon the upper end ofthe standard a glancing blow delivered upon the bag, that is to say, ablow which does not strike the bag fairly and squarely in the center, islikely to cause rupture of the delicate elastic inner bag.

One feature of our invention, therefore, consists in mounting the bagupon the upper end of the standard so that it can turn or spin aroundfreely thereon when such a glancing blow is struck upon it. i

In Figs. 1 and 2' we have illustrated this feature of our invention asapplied to a punching-bag of the character set forth in Patent No.547,731, A representing the inner elastic bag, and B the outerprotective casing therefor, this structure being mounted upon a shoeD,which has in the under side a socket for the reception of the upperrounded end of the vertical supporting rod or standard F, so that it isfree to turn thereon.

The outer casing B has a series of depending tabs or straps G, four ofwhich are shown in the present instance, although a greater or lessnumber may be used, as desired, the lower end of each of these strapsbeing folded back and secured upon itself, so as to form a loop a forthe reception of a lacing thong or cord 1), which passes throughopenings in a disk H, the latter surrounding the rod or standard F andhaving a bearing against a shoulder d, formed upon said rod. One ofthese lacing cords or thongs cl may be pro- Vided for each strap G, or asingle lacing-cord may engage with the loops of the entire series ofstraps. While the bag is thus firmly held in a vertical direction uponthe upper end of the vertical rod or standard, it can turn or spinaround freely thereon. Hence any likelihoodof rupture of the internalelastic bag by side blows is effectually prevented.

In applying our invention to that form of punching-bag shown in PatentNo. 547,730 we prefer to adopt the construction shown in Fig. 3. In thiscase the inner bag A has a central tube A for the reception of a socketD, secured to or forming part of the outer casing 13 of the bag, thissocket receiving the: upper end of a supporting-rod F and the bag andsocket being vertically secured to the upper end of said rod by means ofa screw f, which passes through a washer g and through openings in thetop of the easing B and socket D, the threaded stem of the screwengaging with the upper end of the rod F. \Vhen this construction isadopted,

the bag and its internal socket are free to turn or spin on thesupporting rod or standard when a side or glancing blow is deliveredupon the bag, the internal tube D being the equivalent of and performingsubstantially the same office as the shoe D in the construction shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

The thong or lacing-cord I) is a more acceptable method of fasteningthan the wrapping whereby the lower ends of the straps G were secureddirectly to the supporting rod or standard in the construction shown inPatout No. 547,731, as said lacing thong or cord provides for the readyapplication or removal of the bag when desired. The use of the lacingcord or thong is not, however, absolutely essential to the form of bagshown in Figs. 1 and 2, as the depending straps or tabs G may, ifdesired, be secured directly to the disk H. For instance, they may havetheir ends extended so as to pass through slots in the disk, the endsbeing then doubled back and secured to the main strap by any suitablemeans, such as a buckle m. This construction is shown in Fig. 4.

Having thus described our invention, we claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. The combination of a punching-bag with a supportingrod or standard upon which said bag is mounted so that it is retainedvertically, but is free to turn or spin around upon the supporting-rodwhen a side blow is delivered upon it.

2. The combination of the supporting rod or standard, the bag, a shoe towhich said bag is confined so as to be incapable of rotation thereon,said shoe being rotatably mounted on the upper end of thesupporting-rod,

and means for vertically confining the bag and its shoe to said rod,substantially as specified.

'3. The combination of a punching-bag and a supporting-rod therefor,with a rotatable shoe mounted upon the upper end of the supporting-rodand serving as a seat for the bag, a rotatable disk or collar on therod, and means for confining the bag to said rotatable disk or collar,substantially as specified.

&. The combination of a punching-bag, the supporting rod or standard,the rotatable shoe serving as a support for the bag, a disk or collarrotatable on the standard, straps or tabs depending from the bag, andmeans for securing said straps or tabs to the rotatable disks,substantially as specified.

5. The combination of a punching-bag, a supporting rod or standardtherefor, a shoe rotatable on the rod and serving as a support for thebag, straps depending from the bag and having loops at their lower ends,a disk or collar rotatable upon the supporting-rod, and one or morelacing thongs or cords whereby the looped lower ends of the dependingstraps are connected to said rotatable disk, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

E'LLSWVORTH A. HAWTHORNE. HORACE SHEBLE.

\Vitnesses:

WILL. A. BARR, J os. H. KLEIN.

